A Winged Putto Riding a Sea Horse and a Lion (after Raphael); verso; The Three Graces (after Raphael). Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome); Denijs Calvaert (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1540-1619 Bologna). Dimensions: sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 1/16 in. (27.1 x 38.2 cm). Date: 1574.One of around twenty Italian drawings from the Massar collection, this double-sided sheet has recently been recognized as the work of Denijs Calvaert. Now almost illegible, the sheet is dated and signed at the bottom by the artist, "1574 / Dionisio Calvaert," together with his place of birth, "DE ANVERSA" (Antwerp). Calvaert was in Rome between 1573 and 1576 where he made numerous studies after ancient sculpture and painting, but few have survived. This drawing is a copy after Raphael's celebrated fresco at the Villa Chigi (commonly known as the Villa Farnesina), painted in 1517-18. Calvaert's copies, such as this one, became highly sought after in Rome and were often
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